Throughline

Operations and sales

Sales Representative, Wholesale and Manufacturing in Chicago

62 postings read · sampled 2026-10-01 · source ats · 18 employers · largest 24% of it

What employers actually ask for

Credentials named in the 62 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.

What the official taxonomy says

O*NET surveys people already doing this job. That describes who got hired over a long window, not what employers are asking for now — where it disagrees with the counts above, the counts are the more current answer.

Education levels O*NET lists for this job
  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Some college, no degree

Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

O*NET 41-4012.00 · pulled 2026-10-01 · O*NET publishes the levels but no shares for this occupation, so they are shown in its order without percentages

What it pays

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. A different survey from the postings above, so the two do not share a sample.

$46,240
10th percentile
$75,350
median
$137,000
90th percentile

Who was hiring

Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.

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